# begin

> German word · Verb · IPA [bɪˈɡɪn] · frequency rank #43,748

## Definitions
1. beginnen, anfangen
2. entstehen

## Easily confused with
- **bei** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-bei)
- **bin** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-bin)
- **beim** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-beim)
- **Bern** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-bern)
- **Bein** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-bein)
- **Beine** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-beine)
- **Bogen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-bogen)
- **beten** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-beten)
- **Beton** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-beton)
- **brain** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-brain)
- **Besen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-besen)
- **being** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-being)
- **Berlin** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-berlin)
- **Beginn** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-beginn)
- **bergen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-bergen)
- **Benzin** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-benzin)
- **beugen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-beugen)
- **biegen** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-biegen)
- **beging** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-beging)
- **behind** (https://plainspell.com/de/vs/begin-vs-behind)

## Common misspellings (5)
`bbegin`, `beggin`, `begni`, `bgein`, `ebgin`

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/de/word/begin